On March 20, 2020 Mirrorbox Theatre began our "Out the Box" series, highlighting reading the most exciting scripts for new media, streamed live and to a limited audience, for free.
Below are the 32 scripts presented in 2020.
2020 Out the Box Readings
Ghost Light
written and directed by Cavan Hallman
March 20, 2020
Cast
Director: Aaron Murphy
Actress: Jo Jordan
Actor: Mike Spara
Stevenson: Matthew James
Bridget: Lauren Galliart
The Canopic Jar of My Sins
by Justin Maxwell
directed by Cavan Hallman
March 27, 2020
Cast
Ralph Wiley: Angie Toomsen
Angel of Canopic Jars: Diviin Huff
Gooney Revenant/Last Easter Islander: Britny Horton
Roger Waters/Robert Oppenheimer: Dennis Barnett
Stage Directions: Angelica Fink
Caught
by Sharon E. Cooper
directed by Cavan Hallman
April 3, 2020
Cast
Deborah: Rachel Korach Howell
Aaron: Jon Greene
Chad: Hebert Benjamin
Marcus: William Jackson Harper
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
Hamlet Is Dead
by Amina Henry
directed by Cavan Hallman
April 10, 2020
Cast
Cody: Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey
Mika: Maggie Hart
Benji: Rip Russell
Dawn: Caroline Price
Jana: Marjorie Gast
Lily: Hannah Spina
Yuri: Curtis M. Jackson
Owen: Patrick du Laney
Errol: Omarr Hatcher
Annette: Tierra Plowden
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
Rolling
by Calamity West
directed by Cavan Hallman
April 17, 2020
Cast
Valerie: Liz Sharpe
Janet: Nina Swanson
Molly: Claire Boston
Danny: Behzad Dabu
Night Creatures
by Justice Hehir
directed by Cavan Hallman
April 24, 2020
Cast
Alex: Mic Evans
Paul: Eden Marryshow
Lara: Jessica Little
Leanne: Molly Carden
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
THIS HAPPENED ONCE AT THE ROMANCE DEPOT OFF THE I-87 IN WESTCHESTER
by Gina Femia
directed by Cavan Hallman
May 1, 2020
Cast
Kevin: Patrick Du Laney
Beth: Kristin Stokes
Janice: Fred Bailey
Tom: Jason Alberty
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
CHALK
by Walt McGough
directed by Cavan Hallman
May 8, 2020
Cast
Maggie: Marci Hughes
Cora: Caroline Price
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
Alligator
by Hilary Bettis
directed by Cavan Hallman
May 15, 2020
Cast
Emerald: Jo Jordan
Ty/Sasha: Curtis M. Jackson
Merick: Jim Vogt
Dianne: Catherine Blades
Danny: Sage Spiker
Lucy: Ellie Desautels
Rex: Omarr Hatcher
PRIVATE
by Mona Pirnot
directed by Cavan Hallman
May 22, 2020
Cast
Georgia: Zoë Winters
Corbin: Peter Mark Kendall
Abbey: Ferin Bergen
Danny: Aaron Weiner
THE WOODEN HEART
by Adam Szymkowicz
directed by Cavan Hallman
May 29, 2020
Cast
Narrator: CSE Cooney
Mitch: Will Clark
Heather: Tierra Plowden
Brenda: Nandita Shenoy
Janice: Monica R. Harris
Nazario: Dennis Barnett
Ruby: Sophie Lindwall
Harris: Jacob A. Ware
The Wolf/Prin: Travis York
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
APOLOGIES TO LORRAINE HANSBERRY
(YOU TOO, AUGUST WILSON)
by Rachel Lynett
directed by Curtis M. Jackson
June 19, 2020
Cast
Izaak: Aaron Reese Boseman
Lorenzo: Justin James Farley
Jules: Lawryn LaCroix
Yael: Yvette Quintero
Alice: Sara Williams
Stage Directions: Diviin Huff
STONEWALLIN'
written and directed by
Kari Barclay
June 26, 2020
Cast
Tommy: Ellie Desautels
Marsha: Amani Starnes
Mamaw: Krista Neumann
Elijah: Irie Evans
Stonewall Jackson: Tad Paulson
Stage Directions: ray vanek
HIS SHADOW
by Loy A. Webb
directed by Aaron Reese Boseman
July 3, 2020
Cast
Teeny: Kai A. Ealy
Various: Camille Robinson
Various: A.D. Weaver
Stage Directions: Tierra Plowden
LISTEN FOR THE LIGHT
by Kara Lee Corthron
directed by Angie Toomsen
July 10, 2020
Cast
Lula: Catherine Blades
Eli: Omarr Hatcher
Joseph: Peter Mark Kendall
Stage Directions: Lisa Kelly
PHAETON
by Patrick Du Laney
directed by Cavan Hallman
July 17, 2020
Cast
Charlotte: Robyn Calhoun
David: Curtis M. Jackson
Paul: Austin Wicke
Katie: Karen Janes Woditsch
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
THE GAP
by Emma Goidel
directed by Cavan Hallman
July 24, 2020
Cast
Lee: Molly Carden
Rod/The Alien: Eden Marryshow
Nina: Emmy Palmersheim
Hypnotist/Mom/The Real Lee: Caroline Price
Nicole: Kristin Stokes
Stage Directions: Katie Hallman
THE GREEN BOOK WINE CLUB TRAIN TRIP
by Michelle Tyrene Johnson
directed by Diviin Huff
Friday July 31st, 2020
Cast
Toni/Henrietta: Britny Horton
Saige/Lucy: Lawryn LaCroix
Lynn/Bertha: Kessha Patton
Marie: Tierra Plowden
Alicia/Cotton Blue: Sara Williams
Stage Directions: Kaami Williams
WE DON'T BURY CARS
by Jerrod Jordahl
directed by Cavan Hallman
Friday, August 7, 2020
Cast
Ray: Dennis Barnett
Danny: Mic Evans
Twyla: Marty Norton
Pip: Mike Spara
Stage Directions: Lisa Kelly
WHILE WE WAIT
by Charly Evon Simpson
directed by Christopher Okiishi
Friday, August 21st, 2020
a co-production with Riverside Theatre
Cast
Grace: Crystal Marie Stewart
James: Curtis M. Jackson
Flower Man: Aaron Weiner
Older Man: Patrick DuLaney
Subway Woman: Tierra Plowden
Stage Directions: Robyn Calhoun
Rastus and Hattie
by Lisa Langford
directed by Anne McEvoy
Friday, August 28, 2020
Cast
Malik: Ananias Dixon
Hattie: Jeanine Gaskin
Rastus: Omarr Hatcher
David: Chris Marroy
Marlene: Caroline Price
Dean/Storekeeper: Rip Russell
Needra: Nicole Sumlin
Stage Directions: Lisa Kelly
The Violet Sisters
by Gina Femia
directed by Cavan Hallman
September 4, 2020
Cast
Pam: Heather Chrisler
Sam: Jessica Link
Stage Directions: Carrie Pozdol
Life Jacket
by Caridad Svich
directed by Lisa Kelly
September 11, 2020
Cast
Behzad Dabu
Alex Weisman
The White Pants Play
by Emmy Lane Palmersheim
directed by Janeve West
September 25, 2020
Cast
Mara: Taylor Tracy
Liz: Kati Yau
Spud/J: Fiona Dwyer
Tilly: Jenna Makkawy
Principal McDonnell: Devin Altizer
Stage Directions: Makenna Brown
Duck/Rabbit
by Carter W. Lewis
directed by Dennis Barnett
October 2, 2020
Cast
Hickey: Phil Abrams
Shirley: Marty Norton
Jerry: Ron Flagge
Angela: Cherryl Moon Thomason
Georgeena: Kelley Abell
Stage Directions: Harrison Shaffer
Reunion
by Nandita Shenoy
directed by Nina Morrison
October 9, 2020
A special collaboration between
Mirrorbox Theatre and Riverside Theatre
Cast
Cathy: Pearl Sun
Bhaskar: Sambit Misra
Geoffrey: Jeffrey Omura
Aimee: Brenny Rabine
Jay: K. Michael Moore
Shawn: Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy
Stage Directions: Diviin Huff
Night Launch
written and directed by Cavan Hallman
October 16, 2020
Cast
Brenda: Rachel Korach Howell
Rosie: Laura Korach Howell
Lou: Carrie Pozdol
Paul: Brian Shaw
Stage Directions: ray vanek
(R - MONTANA)
written by Kitt Lavoie
directed by Cavan Hallman
October 23, 2020
Cast
Richard Halverson: David Q. Combs
Amity Halverson: Robyn Calhoun
Michael Halverson: Ellie Desautels
Greg Lubey: Jason Alberty
Brian Sharp: Behzad Dabu
Jack Delery: Matthew James
Walter Benson: Jim Kern
Stage Directions: Lisa Kelly
AT THE WAKE OF A DEAD DRAG QUEEN
written by Terry Guest
directed by Curtis M. Jackson
October 30, 2020
Cast
Courtney/Anthony: Osiris Khepera
Vickie/Hunter: Danny Ferenczi
Stage Directions: Lip Lewis
IN THE SOUTHERN BREEZE
written by Mansa Ra
directed by Britny Horton
November 6, 2020
Cast
Man: Steven Willis
Hue: Michael Kachingwe
Lazarus: Aaron Smith
Madison: Freddie Fulton
Tony: Quentin Brown
Stage Directions: Domonique Henry
ASHANA
(A NATIVE SUKDU'A)
OR
K'KALI
written by June Thiele
directed by Rinska Carrasco
November 13, 2020
Cast
Ashana: June Thiele
Trish: Lauren Fisher
Gilly: Topher Williamson
Chris: Aaron Weiner
Stage Directions: Angelica Fink
landscape
written by Emma Durbin
directed by Regina Victor
November 20, 2020
Cast
Jane: Tiffany Johnson
Billie: Parker Guidry
Sarah: Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers
Rachel: Arti Ishak
Amalia: Tina El Gamal
Taylor: Shaina Schrooten
Mabel: Zac Nicol
Lucy: Liz Sharpe
